Legal Opinion
Peed v. The Jessie J.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1961No. 4168PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
On the early morning of October 29, 1958, the fishing vessel Vivian Lee, eastbound in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near New Orleans, cut across the bows of two westbound tugs, the Tee Mae and the Jessie J., striking both before ramming into the bank on her own left-hand side of the waterway. In these proceedings the owners of the Vivian Lee sue for her damages.
The Tee Mae was a steel push-type tug, 47 feet long and 17 feet wide, powered by two 165-horsepower engines. She carried a crew of two. The Jessie J. was a model bow steel tug, 51 feet long and 17 feet…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- The Great RepublicSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Pure Oil Company v. Jack Neilson, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1955
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- State of La., Ex Rel. Guste v. M/V TESTBANKDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983